"2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. """" grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also only the second film at the time to surpass the billion dollar milestone after ""Titanic"" in 1997. It is now, unadjusted, the 12th-highest-grossing film of all time. ""Finding Nemo"" was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ""Shrek 2"" in 2004. It is currently the ninth highest-grossing animated film after its 3D release and"
"made expressly for that purpose. By 1990, the cost of the average U.S. film had passed . Of the nine films released that year to gross more than at the U.S. box office, two would have been strictly B movie material before the late 1970s: ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"" and ""Dick Tracy"". Three more—the science-fiction thriller ""Total Recall"", the action-filled detective thriller ""Die Hard 2"", and the year's biggest hit, the slapstick kiddie comedy ""Home Alone""—were also far closer to the traditional arena of the Bs than to classic A-list subject matter. The growing popularity of home video and access"
"became famous. These Hong Kong action trends were later adopted by many Hollywood action films in the 1990s and 2000s. The early 1990s saw the development of a commercially successful independent cinema in the United States. Although cinema was increasingly dominated by special-effects films such as """" (1991), ""Jurassic Park"" (1993) and ""Titanic"" (1997), the latter of which became the highest-grossing film of all time at the time up until ""Avatar"" (2009), also directed by James Cameron, independent films like Steven Soderbergh's ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape"" (1989) and Quentin Tarantino's ""Reservoir Dogs"" (1992) had significant commercial success both at the"
"Over the course of the evening and next morning, the two attempt to escape the surrounded casino and prove their innocence, as well as save their marriage. Top of the World (1997 film) Top of the World is a 1997 film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper and Tia Carrere. It also features David Alan Grier, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Peter Coyote and Joe Pantoliano. The plot is set in Las Vegas. In Las Vegas for a quickie divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Cowboy Country Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas."
"CGI technology during the 1990s include such films as ""Twister"", ""Independence Day"", ""Daylight"", ""Dante's Peak"", ""Volcano"", ""Hard Rain"", ""Deep Impact"", and ""Armageddon"". In 1997, James Cameron produced, wrote and directed a version of the epic story, ""Titanic"". The film combined romance with intricate special effects and was a huge success, becoming the highest-grossing film (which it remained for twelve years) with over $2.1 billion worldwide, and winning 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Movies from the disaster film genre are often based on novels. In many cases, the novels were bestsellers or critically acclaimed works. Three of"
"dansu?"") • Japan<br> 3. ""Irma Vep"" • France Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997 The 18th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1997. The awards were given on 14 December 1997. 1. L.A. Confidential<br> 2. ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. ""Donnie Brasco"" 1. Helena Bonham Carter – ""The Wings of the Dove""<br> 2. Katrin Cartlidge – ""Career Girls""<br> 3. Tilda Swinton – ""Female Perversions"" 1. Kevin Spacey – ""L.A. Confidential""<br> 2. Burt Reynolds – ""Boogie Nights""<br> 3. Robert Downey Jr. – ""One Night Stand"" 1. Sarah Polley – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 2. Joan Cusack –"
"the best cost-to-profit ratios of any motion picture ever. It was the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of all time in 1977, and, adjusted for inflation, is currently the forty-third highest. By the 1990s, ""American Graffiti"" had earned more than $200 million in box office gross and home video sales. In December 1997, ""Variety"" reported that the film had earned an additional $55.13 million in rental revenue. ""American Graffiti"" went on to receive widespread critical acclaim. Based on 33 reviews collected by ""Rotten Tomatoes"", 97% of the critics enjoyed the film with an average score of 8.3/10. The consensus reads, ""One of the"
"Top of the World (1997 film) Top of the World is a 1997 film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper and Tia Carrere. It also features David Alan Grier, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Peter Coyote and Joe Pantoliano. The plot is set in Las Vegas. In Las Vegas for a quickie divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Cowboy Country Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged diversion, and the two of them become suspects."
"to the 1997 film, ""One Eight Seven"". It was released on July 29, 1997 through Atlantic Records and unlike films like ""Dangerous Minds"" and ""The Substitute"" that dealt with similar subject matter, this soundtrack did not receive an urban music soundtrack, instead the soundtrack was made up of trip hop, a combination of hip hop and electronica. One Eight Seven One Eight Seven (also known and abbreviated as 187) is a 1997 crime drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher caught with gang trouble"
"gratification: the image of the civilized man who finds the Peruvian commando inside himself and lays waste to louts who have underestimated him."" In 2014, ""Time Out"" polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films. ""Breakdown"" was listed at 90th place on this list. ""Breakdown"" debuted at first place at the box office with $12.3 million. After initially opening to 2,108 theaters, the film later expanded to 2,348 theaters and grossed a total of $50,159,144 in the United States and Canada. Breakdown (1997 film) Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller film directed and"
"Renaissance. The 25 highest-grossing films of the decade are (in order from highest to lowest grossing): The 1990s were a decade that saw marketing become more segmented, as MTV gradually shifted away from music videos beginning in 1992 and radio splintered into narrower formats aimed at different niches. However, they are perhaps best known for grunge, gangsta rap, R&B, teen pop; eurodance, electronic dance music, the renewed popularity of punk rock mainly because of the band Green Day (which would also help create a new genre pop punk) and for being the decade that alternative rock became mainstream. U2 was"
"One Eight Seven One Eight Seven (also known and abbreviated as 187) is a 1997 crime drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher caught with gang trouble in an urban high school. The film's name comes from the California Penal Code Section 187. The original screenplay was written in 1995 by Scott Yagemann, a Los Angeles area high school substitute teacher with seven years of tenure. He wrote the screenplay after an incident when a violent transfer student had threatened to kill him and"
"22nd highest grossing motion picture of all time in the United States. Subsequent Disney films such as ""Pocahontas"", ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", ""Hercules"", ""Mulan"" and ""Tarzan"" were box office and critical successes as well, albeit modestly so when compared to Disney's early-1990s releases. In 1994, the death of Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Frank Wells, and the departure of studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg to co-found DreamWorks, left Michael Eisner in full control of the company. At the turn of the century, films such as """", ""Treasure Planet"", and ""Home on the Range"" failed to meet the critical and"
"Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997 The 18th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best films of 1997. The awards were given on 14 December 1997. 1. L.A. Confidential<br> 2. ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. ""Donnie Brasco"" 1. Helena Bonham Carter – ""The Wings of the Dove""<br> 2. Katrin Cartlidge – ""Career Girls""<br> 3. Tilda Swinton – ""Female Perversions"" 1. Kevin Spacey – ""L.A. Confidential""<br> 2. Burt Reynolds – ""Boogie Nights""<br> 3. Robert Downey Jr. – ""One Night Stand"" 1. Sarah Polley – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 2. Joan Cusack – ""In & Out""<br> 3. Alison Elliott – ""The"
"1997 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 32nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1998, honored the best filmmaking of 1997. 1. L.A. Confidential<br> 2. ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. ""Boogie Nights"" 1. Curtis Hanson – ""L.A. Confidential""<br> 2. Atom Egoyan – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. Paul Thomas Anderson – ""Boogie Nights"" 1. Robert Duvall – ""The Apostle""<br> 2. Peter Fonda – ""Ulee's Gold""<br> 3. Dustin Hoffman – ""Wag the Dog""<br> 3. Ian Holm – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. Al Pacino – ""Donnie Brasco"" 1. Julie Christie – ""Afterglow""<br> 2. Helena Bonham Carter – ""The Wings"
"Control<br> 2. ""4 Little Girls""<br> 3. """" 1997 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 32nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1998, honored the best filmmaking of 1997. 1. L.A. Confidential<br> 2. ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. ""Boogie Nights"" 1. Curtis Hanson – ""L.A. Confidential""<br> 2. Atom Egoyan – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. Paul Thomas Anderson – ""Boogie Nights"" 1. Robert Duvall – ""The Apostle""<br> 2. Peter Fonda – ""Ulee's Gold""<br> 3. Dustin Hoffman – ""Wag the Dog""<br> 3. Ian Holm – ""The Sweet Hereafter""<br> 3. Al Pacino – ""Donnie Brasco"" 1. Julie Christie – ""Afterglow""<br>"
"$245 million worldwide and serves as the 11th highest-grossing film of 1997. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Sound Effects Editing (Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg) at the 70th Academy Awards. On September 24, 1991, FBI Special Agent Sean Archer survives an assassination attempt by freelance terrorist and homicidal sociopath Castor Troy, but the bullet penetrates Archer's chest and strikes his son Michael, killing the boy. Six years later, Archer's vendetta against Troy culminates in his team's ambush of Troy and his younger brother and accomplice, Pollux at the Los Angeles International Airport. Troy"
"Emmy Awards nominations. In 1994, he became the chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment., which is a corporate division of News Corporation. In his new position, Mechanic was responsible not only for Fox's home video activities, but for production, marketing, distribution, international theatrical activities, and pay TV as well. Fox produced the number-one grossing films worldwide in 1995, 1996 and 1997 with ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"", ""Independence Day"" and ""Titanic"". As a result of his leadership, in 1998, Twentieth Century Fox was the number-one studio in worldwide box-office gross revenue. That same year, Fox Music produced"
"""Spider-Man 3"", """", ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", """", ""Finding Nemo"", """", """", ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" and ""Shrek the Third"". The top 15 highest-grossing film series of the decade are (in order from highest to lowest grossing) ""Harry Potter"" film series, ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy, ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" film series, ""Spider-Man"" film series, ""Shrek"" film series, ""Ice Age"" film series, ""Transformers"" film series, ""X-Men"" film series, ""Batman"" film series' ""Batman Begins"" and ""The Dark Knight"", ""Star Wars"" """" and """", ""The Da Vinci Code"" and ""Angels & Demons"", ""The Matrix"""
"Production at Twentieth Century Fox. He is best known for producing ""Titanic"" (1997), a film which won him an Academy Award and became the highest-grossing film of all time, the first ever to reach $2.0 billion in gross revenues. The film reached $2.19 billion, more than double the $1.03 billion of then-record-holder ""Jurassic Park"" (1993). In 2009, Landau and James Cameron produced the science fiction blockbuster ""Avatar"", which has since surpassed their earlier collaboration, ""Titanic"", to become the new (and reigning) highest-grossing film of all time, with $2.79 billion. ""Avatar"" earned Landau his second Academy Award nomination, losing that year"
"highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal. 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like ""Troy"", ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", ""The Bourne Supremacy"", ""Van Helsing"", ""The Passion of the Christ"", """", ""Thunderbirds"", ""Meet the Fockers"", ""Harold and Kumar"", ""The Day After Tomorrow"", ""Anchorman"", ""Saw"", """", ""Spider-Man 2"", ""Alien vs. Predator"", ""The Incredibles"", ""Kill Bill: Volume 2"", ""Fahrenheit 9/11"", ""I, Robot"", ""Ocean's Twelve"" and """". ""Shrek 2"" set a new record for total gross by an animated film making it the highest-grossing animated"
"Zeppelin was the most successful musical act of the 1970s, having sold more than 300 million records since 1969. Oscar winners of the decade were ""Patton"" (1970), ""The French Connection"" (1971), ""The Godfather"" (1972), ""The Sting"" (1973), ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), ""Rocky"" (1976), ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978), and ""Kramer vs. Kramer"" (1979). The top ten highest-grossing films of the decade are (in order from highest to lowest grossing): ""Star Wars"", ""Jaws"", ""Grease"", ""The Exorcist"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Superman"", ""The Godfather"", ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Rocky"", and ""Jaws"
"Club"" ($16.8 million), ""Her"" ($9.9 million), and finally ""Nebraska"" ($8.5 million). Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only ""Frozen"" (1st), ""Despicable Me 2"" (3rd), ""Gravity"" (7th), ""The Croods"" (14th), ""Captain Phillips"" (29th), ""American Hustle"" (30th), and ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" (42nd) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature or any of the directing, acting or screenwriting awards. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were ""Iron Man 3"" (2nd), ""The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"" (8th), ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" (11th), ""The Great"
"second biggest film of 1997 behind James Cameron's ""Titanic"" (which topped the original ""Jurassic Park"" to become the new recordholder for box office receipts). His next film, ""Amistad"", was based on a true story (like ""Schindler's List""), specifically about an African slave rebellion. Despite decent reviews from critics, it did not do well at the box office. Spielberg released ""Amistad"" under DreamWorks Pictures, which has produced all of his films from ""Amistad"" onwards with the exception of ""Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"", ""The Adventures of Tintin"" and ""Ready Player One"". His 1998 theatrical release was the"
"1997 in 1,344 North American theatres, grossing US $5,778,933 ($4,299 per screen) in its opening weekend. Its total North American box office gross was US $15,318,863. The version of the film released in North American cinemas by New Line was met with an overall positive critical response. It currently has a 57% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Mike LaSalle of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" was among the most enthusiastic of the reviewers: New Line Cinema re-edited the film, making the following changes: new opening credits sequence with Hong Kong scenery, removal of over 20 minutes of footage, new music, almost"
"weekend. It eventually earned over $44 million worldwide, making it a moderate success commercially by beating out its $19 million budget. Picture Perfect (1997 film) Picture Perfect is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Olympia Dukakis, and Anne Twomey. Kate (Jennifer Aniston) is struggling in the advertising business in New York City: she cannot move forward despite her talent. Her boss, Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn), passes her up for a promotion because she is ""not stable enough"". Her co-worker, Darcy (Illeana Douglas), invents a story"
"the 21st highest-grossing film of 1997 despite competition from blockbuster films such as ""Titanic"" and ""Men in Black"". With $33 million, ""Scream 2"" broke December opening weekend records for its box-office takings and held the record until December 15, 2000, being replaced by ""What Women Want"" (2000). On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, ""Scream 2"" has an approval rating of 81% based on 75 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""As with the first film, ""Scream 2"" is a gleeful takedown of scary movie conventions that manages to poke fun at terrible horror sequels without"
"The Saint (1997 film) The Saint is a 1997 espionage thriller DeLuxe Color film in Panavision, starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija, directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick. The title character is a high tech thief and master of disguise that becomes the anti-hero while using the moniker of various saints while paradoxically living in the underworld of international industrial theft and espionage. The film was a financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales. It is"
"followed by ""Field of Dreams"" ($64.4 million), ""Born on the Fourth of July"" ($48.6 million), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" ($35.6 million) and ""My Left Foot"" ($2.1 million). Of the 50 grossing movies of the year, 43 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only ""Parenthood"" (8th), ""Dead Poets Society"" (9th), ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (10th), ""Field of Dreams"" (17th), ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (25th), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (36th) and ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape"" (45th) were nominated for Best Picture, acting, directing, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nomination were ""Batman"" (1st), ""Indiana Jones"
"gross of $23,591,472. The film was coolly received by critics. It holds a 71% score on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews, with an average of 5.6/10. Metacritic reports a 35 out of 100 score based on 14 critics, indicating ""generally unfavorable reviews"". ""The New York Times"" said the film was ""a truly funny concept and a disappointment on the screen."" My Blue Heaven (1990 film) My Blue Heaven is a 1990 American crime comedy film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron, and starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. This is the third"
"John, Richard O'Brien, Jennifer Saunders, Richard E. Grant, Elvis Costello, and Meat Loaf. Released in December 1997, ""Spiceworld: The Movie"" proved to be a hit at the box office, breaking the record for the highest-ever weekend debut for Super Bowl Weekend (25 January 1998) in the US, with box office sales of $10,527,222. The movie took in a total of $77 million at the box office worldwide. Despite being a commercial success, the film was widely panned by critics; the movie was nominated for seven awards at the 1999 Golden Raspberry Awards where the Spice Girls collectively won the award"
"cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Suzy Amis, and Bill Paxton as the film's principal cast. Cameron's budget for the film reached about $200 million, making it the most expensive movie ever made at the time. Before its release, the film was widely ridiculed for its expense and protracted production schedule. Released to theaters on December 19, 1997, ""Titanic"" grossed less in its first weekend ($28.6 million) than in its second ($35.4 million), an increase of 23.8%. This is unheard of for a"
"week. It is the 12th-highest-grossing Indian film of 1997 worldwide. It opened on Friday, 18 July 1997, across 180 screens, and earned nett on its opening day. It grossed nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of nett. The film earned a total of nett, and was declared ""Hit"" by Box Office India. It is the 14th-highest-grossing film of 1997 in India. It earned $975,000 (3.48 crore) outside India. It is the 3rd-highest-grossing film of 1997 behind ""Dil To Pagal Hai"" ($3.3 million (12.04 crore)) and ""Pardes"" ($1.7 million (6.12 crore)), which were also Shah Rukh Khan"